#17718E#17718E

#17718E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.091 H 225.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#17718E
RGB	rgb(23, 113, 142)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(195, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 20.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.15, -14.59, -23.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.15, 27.24, 237.60°)
OKLab	oklab(51.24% -0.0636 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(51.24% 0.091 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1389, 13.9440, 27.6903)
Luminance	0.1394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#17718E #8E3417

analogous

#178E70 #17718E #17358E

triadic

#17718E #8E1771 #718E17

tetradic

#17718E #70178E #8E3417 #358E17

square

#17718E #70178E #8E3417 #358E17

split-complementary

#17718E #8E1735 #8E7017

monochromatic

#061D25 #0E4759 #17718E #209BC3 #3FB9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#17718E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#17718E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #17718E

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##17718E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##17718E	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52648E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #17718e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 113, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.091 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b9aaf',
    500: '#17718e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #17718e;
$custom-light: #6b9aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#17718e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.622,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51243,
    "c": 0.09065,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#17718E

secondary

#C06040

accent

#6539EF

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080E10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #17718E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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